During the 12th Five Year Plan period, the Ministry of science and technology will take the lead in organizing and carrying out the "innovation and application demonstration project of NC generation mechanical products" (hereinafter referred to as the "demonstration project"), comprehensively promote the application of NC technology, realize the transformation and upgrading of China's mechanical products, improve the independent innovation ability and product added value of mechanical products, and vigorously promote the scientific and technological progress in the field of mechanical engineering.

Numerical control technology is a technology that combines the movement of mechanical equipment with the automatic control of working process. Its application will fundamentally change the connotation of manufacturing equipment and products, greatly enrich the functions and make a qualitative leap in the performance of traditional manufacturing equipment and products. It is an important symbol of the core competitiveness of a country's manufacturing industry and the overall level of manufacturing technology.

China has made great achievements in the development of high-end machinery and automation products, but it still does not rely on a large number of high-end machinery products with strong added value. Insufficient product innovation and quality problems are the main reasons for this situation.

The outline of the 12th Five Year Plan for China's national economic and social development points out that the 12th Five Year Plan period is a key period for building a well-off society in an all-round way and a crucial period for deepening reform and opening up and accelerating the transformation of the mode of economic development. We must deeply understand and accurately grasp the new changes and characteristics of the situation at home and abroad, continue to seize and make good use of important strategic opportunities and strive to create a new situation of scientific development. " To accelerate the transformation of the mode of economic development, the most fundamental thing is to rely on scientific and technological forces, and the most critical thing is to improve the ability of independent innovation.

Industrial automation equipment is a strategic industry that provides high-end technical equipment for national economic development and national defense construction. It has outstanding characteristics such as technical significance, high added value, large growth space and strong driving role. It is the high-end link of equipment manufacturing industry and the core link of industrial chain. The development level of industrial automation equipment is an important symbol to measure the degree of national modernization and comprehensive national strength. Generally speaking, China has become a real equipment manufacturing power, but it is not a powerful equipment manufacturing power.